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American tourist charged with ammo possession

Bryan Hagerich pled guilty to possessing 20 rounds of ammo and was sentenced to 52 weeks plus a $6,700 fine.
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VIDEO: American tourist charged with ammo possession
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Kenyan Pres. Ruto pledges troops to Haiti

ABC News’ Selina Wang joins to discuss her sit down with President William Ruto and his pledge to protect democracy in Haiti.
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VIDEO: Kenyan Pres. Ruto pledges troops to Haiti
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Colombia's ex-President Uribe charged with witness tampering in polarizing legal battle

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been charged in a long-running witness tampering investigation
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FILE - Former President Alvaro Uribe arrives for a press conference at the Democratic Center party headquarters, in Bogota, Colombia, June 29, 2022. On Friday, May 24, 2024, Uribe was formally charged with witness tampering and bribery for his efforts to discredit a political opponent who was digging into his family ties to right-wing paramilitary groups. (AP Photo/Lina Gasca, File)
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Colombia's ex-President Uribe charged with witness tampering in polarizing legal battle

Colombia's ex-President Uribe charged with witness tampering in polarizing legal battle
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UN's top court orders halt to Israeli military campaign

The International Court of Justice has ruled Israel must halt its military offensive immediately, however, it carries little weight. ABC News' Britt Clennett has the latest from Tel Aviv.
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VIDEO: UN's top court orders halt to Israeli military campaign
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Notre Dame cathedral cross reinstalled in Paris amid restoration efforts

The cross at the apse of Notre-Dame de Paris, which survived the devastating 2019 fire, has been reinstalled atop the cathedral’s framework after a meticulous restoration by artistic ironworkers from Normandy
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Notre Dame de Paris cathedral's Croix du Chevet is lifted in front of the cathedral spire, left, to be reinstalled Friday, May 24, 2024, in Paris. The Croix du Chevet is the only piece of the cathedral roof that did not burn in the devastating April 2019 fire. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
May 24

French court sentences 3 Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes

A Paris court has sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison for complicity in war crimes in a landmark case against the regime of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and the first such case on European soil
May 24
Activists hold Syrian flags next to portraits of alleged victims of the Syrian regime, during a demonstration Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at a courtroom in Paris. A Paris court will this week seek to determine whether Syrian intelligence officials — the most senior to go on trial in a European court over crimes allegedly committed during the country's civil war — were responsible for the 2013 disappearance and deaths of Patrick and Mazen Dabbagh. The four-day hearings, starting Tuesday, are expected to air chilling allegations that President Bashar Assad's government has widely used torture and arbitrary detentions to hold on to power during the conflict, now in its 14th year. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
May 24

American avoids jail time in Turks and Caicos after ammunition charges

Bryan Hagerich was facing a mandatory 12-year sentence for possessing ammunition on the island of Turks and Caicos, but the judge gave Hagerich a suspended sentence and $6,700 fine.
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VIDEO: American avoids jail time in Turks and Caicos after ammunition charges
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Paris court sentences three high-ranking Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes in landmark case

Paris court sentences three high-ranking Syrian officials to life in prison in absentia for war crimes in landmark case
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May 24

Warnings were issued about high winds before deadly Mexico stage collapse, but they went unheeded

Warnings were issued well before a campaign event about winds that caused a deadly Mexico stage collapse this week, but they went unheeded
May 24
Security forces stand around a stage that collapsed due to a gust of wind during an event attended by presidential candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez in San Pedro Garza García, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed that multiple people were killed and at least a dozen were injured. (AP Photo/Alberto Lopez)
May 24

Nearly 140 migrants reach Greece after dangerous sea voyages. One man drowned

Greek authorities say nearly 140 migrants have reached Greek shores over the past 24 hours
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Efforts to draft a pandemic treaty falter as countries disagree on how to respond to next emergency

A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the next pandemic
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FILE - The logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 11, 2019. A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the next pandemic. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
May 24

3 more bodies of Israeli hostages recovered

The bodies of the three hostages, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, have now been returned to Israel for burial.
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VIDEO: 3 more bodies of Israeli hostages recovered
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Rio de Janeiro bay reforestation shows mangroves' power to mitigate climate disasters

At the rear of Rio de Janeiro’s polluted Guanabara Bay, thousands of mangroves rise as tall as 13 feet, or about 4 meters, from a previously deforested area
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A fisherman manages fishing nets in Guanabara Bay near a recovered mangrove forest, in the Guapimirim environmental protection area on Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Four years ago, the Mar Urbano NGO planted 30,000 mangrove trees in the deforested area, that today reach up to 4 meters high. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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American detained in Turks and Caicos sentenced

The Pennsylvania father of two dodged 12 years behind bars after authorities found hunting bullets in his bag.
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VIDEO: American detained in Turks and Caicos sentenced
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American father who brought ammunition to Turks and Caicos avoids lengthy sentence

The Pennsylvania father of two was arrested in February.
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Bryan Hagerich with his wife Ashley, arrives at court in Turks and Caicos for sentencing.
May 24

International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah

Britt Clennett reports from Israel on the ICJ’s ruling against Israel's war offensive in Gaza.
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VIDEO: International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah
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On a visit to his Belarusian ally, Putin questions Zelenskyy's legitimacy as Ukraine's leader

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited his Belarusian counterpart and close ally for talks in Minsk
May 24
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shake hands during a welcome ceremony at the Palace of Independence in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, May 24, 2024. (Valeriy Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti's capital, family says

A family member says a U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital who attacked them as they left a youth group activity held at a local church
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A bus passes by a police officer on patrol near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti's capital who opened fire on a home, police say

Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti's capital who opened fire on a home, police say
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China's latest AI chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's political ideology

China’s latest artificial intelligence chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping’s doctrine in a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that Chinese AI models should abide by
May 24
FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. China’s latest artificial intelligence chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping’s doctrine, in a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that Chinese AI models should abide by. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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5 Americans are looking at 12-year sentences for ammo in Turks & Caicos. Here's why.

The charge carries a minimum sentence of 12 years in prison.
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Turks and Caicos officers stand outside a police station.
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German authorities arrest 2 men suspected of plotting a knife attack at a synagogue

German authorities say they have arrested two men suspected of plotting a knife attack on worshippers at a synagogue in the southwestern city of Heidelberg
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Syrian Kurdish authorities hand over a British woman and 3 children linked to IS to a UK delegation

Syrian Kurdish-led authorities in the country's northeast say they have handed over a British woman and three children linked to the Islamic State group to a U.K. delegation that visited the region this week
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This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)
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Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
May 24

UK lawmaker who wanted to be known as the 'bionic MP' says he has decided not to run for re-election

A British lawmaker who returned to work this week after losing his hands and feet to sepsis has announced he won't run in the July 4 election
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Conservative legislator Craig Mackinlay speaks during an interview in the Central Lobby of the Palace of Westminster, London, Wednesday May 22, 2024. Mackinlay returned to work six months after sepsis put him in a coma and forced the amputation of his hands and feet. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
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German Chancellor Scholz warns next European Commission president against courting far-right support

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has waded into the European election campaign by warning that the next president of the European Commission should not seek support from far-right parties after next month’s vote
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Prime Minister of Portugal Luis Montenegro hold a joint press conference following talks at the Federal Chancellery, in Berlin, Friday May 24, 2024. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)
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European Union criticizes Russia for removing Estonian buoys, demand an explanation from Moscow

The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the removal of 25 Estonian buoys by Russian border guards on a river separating the Baltic country from Russia was “unacceptable.”
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FILE - Men fish near the fortresses of Narva, left, in Estonia, and Ivangorod, right, in Russia, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the removal of 25 Estonian buoys by Russian border guards on a river separating the Baltic country from Russia was “unacceptable.” (AP Photo/Jim Heintz, File)
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Top UN court orders Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah, a ruling Israel is unlikely to comply with

Top UN court orders Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah, a ruling Israel is unlikely to comply with
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As South Africa election nears, one candidate ditches political parties to go it alone

An outspoken former activist and member of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress will be among at least 10 independent candidates seeking to become lawmakers for the first time in the country’s history
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Independent candidate Anele Mda speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, May 23, 2024. In 2008, Mda was among members of the African National Congress who broke away from the ruling party to form the Congress of the People which contested elections the following year and secured over 7% of the national vote, becoming the second biggest opposition party in Parliament. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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The distributor of a popular Hong Kong protest song will remove it from all platforms, creator says

The distributor of a popular protest song in Hong Kong has decided to remove the music from all platforms because of a court ban in the city, the group that created the song says
May 24
FILE - Police officers stand guard outside the High Court ahead of the hearing for an injunction to ban the 2019 protest song "Glory to Hong Kong" in Hong Kong, Friday, July 21, 2023. The distributor of a popular protest song in Hong Kong has decided to remove the music from all platforms because of a court ban in the city, the group that created the song said Friday, May 24, 2024, a week after YouTube blocked access to videos of it. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
May 24

Top UN court opens hearing to rule on a request to order Israel to halt military operation in Gaza

Top UN court opens hearing to rule on a request to order Israel to halt military operation in Gaza
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US soldier arrested in Russia over alleged theft to remain in custody: State media

Russian state media have reported that an American soldier arrested in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok on charges of stealing has lost an appeal against his detention and will remain in custody
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UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state

The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it
May 24
FILE - A Myanmar police officer stands on a road as they provide security at a checkpoint in Buthidaung, Rakhine State, western Myanmar on May 28, 2017. The U.N. human rights office warned Friday May 24, 2024 of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, pointing to new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the military and an ethnic armed group fighting it. (AP Photo, File)
May 24

Russia smashes train tracks in a battered Ukrainian border region

Officials say a nighttime Russian attack has destroyed train tracks and rolling stock in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region
May 24
Firefighters hose down a fire as a lifeless body lies under the rubble after a Russian missile hit a large printing house in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 23, 2024. Russian missiles slammed into Ukraine’s second-largest city in the northeast of the country and killed at least seven civilians early Thursday, officials said, as Kyiv’s army labored to hold off an intense cross-border offensive by the Kremlin’s larger and better-equipped forces. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
May 24

2 men will go on trial for allegedly helping Hong Kong authorities gather intelligence in UK

A judge says an office manager of the Hong Kong trade office in London and another man will go on trial in February for allegedly helping Hong Kong authorities gather intelligence in the U.K. Chung Biu Yuen and Chi Leung Peter Wai appeared at London’s ...
May 24
Chung Biu Yuen leaves The Old Bailey in London, Friday, May 24, 2024. Two men appeared in court Friday charged under the National Security Act with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
May 24

Sherpa guide Kami Rita who climbed Everest 30 times vows to return to the mountain next year

Sherpa guide Kami Rita is back from Mount Everest after his record 30th successful ascent of the world’s highest peak, vowing to return to the mountain again next year
May 24
Friends and family members celebrate as renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita, returning from Mount Everest after his record 30th successful ascent, arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
May 24

Hungary will seek to opt out of NATO efforts to support Ukraine, Orbán says

Hungary's prime minister says that he will seek to opt his country out of any NATO operations aimed at supporting Ukraine
May 24
FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a press conference with his Sweden's counterpart Ulf Kristersson at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, on Feb 23, 2024. Hungary's prime minister says that he will seek to opt his country out of any NATO operations aimed at supporting Ukraine. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told state radio on Friday, May 24, 2024 that Hungary opposes a plan NATO is weighing to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)
May 24

Thai town maddened by marauding monkeys launches plan to lock them up and send them away

A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, has launched an offensive against the simian raiders, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit
May 24
Monkeys sleep on a table after being anesthetized in Lopburi Province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 24, 2024. A Thai town, run ragged by its ever-growing population of marauding wild monkeys, began the fight-back, Friday, using trickery and ripe tropical fruit. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
May 24

A British neonatal nurse convicted of killing 7 babies loses her bid to appeal

A British neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has lost her bid to appeal
May 24
This undated handout issued by Cheshire Constabulary shows of nurse Lucy Letby. A British neonatal nurse who was convicted of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has lost her bid to appeal. Lucy Letby had asked for permission to challenge the verdict after she was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP)
May 24

UK Parliament breaks up ahead of election day with pomp, ceremony and hard-nosed politics

Britain’s lawmakers left Parliament on Friday for the last time before an election is held in six weeks
May 24
FILE - Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, left, sits waiting to speak next to Keir Starmer Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union during their election campaign event on Brexit in Harlow, England, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
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King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks amid election campaign

King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks
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FILE - Britain's King Charles III pauses during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London on Nov. 7, 2023. King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks _ and it’s not because of his ongoing cancer treatments. Shortly after U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called early parliamentary elections for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the royal family were cancelling most public engagements until after the vote to avoid doing anything that might divert attention from the campaign. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
May 24

UN countries adopt treaty to better trace origins of genetic resources under global patent system

U.N. member countries have concluded a new treaty to ensure that genetic resources used in inventions, like new medicines derived from exotic plants in the Andes mountains, are properly traced
May 24
FILE - Andean farmers take part in a ceremony honoring Mother Earth and Father Snowy Mountain, in Pitumarca, Peru, April 4, 2018. U.N. member countries on Friday concluded a new treaty to help ensure that traditional knowledge about genetic resources – like medicines derived from exotic plants in the Andes mountains – is properly traced. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
May 24

Singapore Airlines tightens cabin safety measures after deadly turbulence

Singapore Airlines says it will halt meal services and get all cabin crew to buckle up when planes fly through turbulence as part of tighter cabin measures after one person died and dozens were injured on a flight from London this week
May 24
Director of Samitivej Hospital Adinun Kittiratanapaibool talks to reporters during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, May 23, 2024. Many of the more seriously injured people who were on the Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence need operations on their spines, the Bangkok hospital said Thursday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
May 24

Prosecutor in New Caledonia says a police officer opened fire and killed a person in the riot-hit territory

Prosecutor in New Caledonia says a police officer opened fire and killed a person in the riot-hit territory
May 24
May 24

North Korea appears to be preparing to launch its 2nd spy satellite, South Korean military says

South Korea's military says North Korea appears to be preparing to launch its second military spy satellite into space
May 24
FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what the country said is the launch of the Malligyong-1, a military spy satellite, into orbit on Nov. 21, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
May 24

Excess weight on terrace of Spanish building may have led to collapse that killed 4, officials say

Officials in Spain say excess weight on a first-floor terrace may have contributed to the collapse of a building housing a bar and restaurant club on the island of Mallorca that killed four people
May 24
People gather to look at a collapsed building that killed four people in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Friday, May 24, 2024. Spanish police say the four people killed when a building housing a bar and restaurant collapsed on the island of Mallorca late Thursday were two German women, a Spanish woman and a Senegalese man. Firefighter department spokesman Eder García told reporters that excess weight on a first-floor terrace may have caused the collapse. Sixteen people were injured and five were said to be in serious condition. (AP Photo/Francisco Ubilla)
May 24

Sydney judge says US ex-fighter pilot accused of training Chinese aviators can be extradited to US

A Sydney judge has ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the United States on allegations he illegally trained Chinese aviators, leaving the attorney-general as Duggan’s last hope of remaining in Australia
May 24
Saffrine Duggan speaks outside Downing Central Court in Sydney, Friday, May 24, 2024, where her husband Daniel will appear. A Sydney judge ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the United States on allegations he illegally trained Chinese aviators, leaving the Australian attorney-general Duggan's last hope of remaining in Australia. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
May 24

The Latest | Israel must stop Rafah offensive and open border for aid, UN court rules

The top United Nations court has ordered Israel to halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah
May 24
Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Philippines says it will forge security alliances and stage combat drills despite China's opposition

The Philippine defense secretary says it will continue to build security alliances and stage joint combat drills in disputed waters to defend its territorial interests
May 24
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, left, receives a memento from Philippine Navy Chief, Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr, during the 126th Philippine Navy anniversary in Manila, Philippines on Friday, May 24, 2024. The Philippines would press efforts to build security alliances and stage realistic combat drills, including joint naval sails with the United States, Japan and Australia in disputed waters, to defend its territorial interests, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said Friday, dismissing China's criticisms of such moves as a sign of paranoia. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)